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        "id": 1660161,
        "msgid": "data-of-1-million-bandung-residents-leaked-by-hacker-1775616756",
        "date": "2026-04-07 09:21:04",
        "title": "Data of 1 Million Bandung Residents Leaked by Hacker",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "A significant data breach has exposed the personal information of over one million residents in Bandung, Indonesia, with the database allegedly originating from official population records and released publicly by a threat actor known as \"Petrusnism\" in March 2026. Cybersecurity firm Vecert Analyzer detected the exfiltration and reported it on social media, highlighting the risks to individual privacy from such incidents. The Head of Bandung's Population and Civil Registration Office has acknowledged the report and plans to investigate further, underscoring ongoing challenges in safeguarding public data amid rising cyber threats.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Suspicions of another data leak have\nsurfaced in Indonesia. This time, the Bandung population database has\nreportedly been breached and circulated online, affecting more than one\nmillion individual records. The information was revealed by Vecert\nAnalyzer via their account on platform X on 26 March 2026. In their\npost, they stated they had detected a large-scale database exfiltration\nbelieved to originate from official population records. Vecert Analyzer\nindicated that the threat actor using the name \u201cPetrusnism\u201d had publicly\nreleased the data. The database is claimed to contain detailed personal\ninformation of more than one million residents. \u201cWe detected a major\ndata leak impacting the City of Bandung, Indonesia. The threat actor\nnamed \u2018petrusnism\u2019 released a database containing detailed personal\ninformation of over one million residents, believed to have been taken\nfrom official population records,\u201d wrote the <span class=\"citation\" data-cites=\"VECERTRadar\">@VECERTRadar<\/span> account, as quoted by CNBC\nIndonesia on Tuesday (7\/4\/2026). The breach is said to have occurred in\nMarch 2026 and is likely a recent incident. The volume of leaked data\namounts to more than 1,000,000 rows or individual records. Regarding\nthis report, citing detikJabar, the Head of the Population and Civil\nRegistration Office (Disdukcapil) of Bandung City, Tatang Muhtar,\nadmitted he would first investigate the information. \u201cPlease investigate\nit first, thank you for the info,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/data-of-1-million-bandung-residents-leaked-by-hacker-1775616756",
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